Friday, February 13, 2026

Icelandic wall art and statues

Ice cream with Vivien for brunch then jigsaw. Feel I should be doing something but can't be bothered.

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Reykjavik is a city of statues and wall art. Here are a few of my favourites.

There was a QR code on this bench so you could listen to poetry by Tomas Godmundsson.

You can't see this one very well but it's a stone from Hiroshima commemorating the victims of the 1945 bombing. Every year on August 6th a candle lighting ceremony of remembrance takes place with the candles being released onto the lake.



I don't know what this man did to upset the sculptor to make stop halfway! Apparently the statue is most often called The Unknown Bureaucrat.






10 comments:

Boud said...

That's some wonderful art there. Thanks for bringing it to us.

Debra She Who Seeks said...

Interesting sculptures and murals! That looks like Kwan Yin the female Buddha carved into the Hiroshima commemorative rock.

Anvilcloud said...

Looks like a wonderful city.

Marie Smith said...

Love the art work. Everyone sees it in the public spaces.

Ann said...

Interesting art.

Liz Hinds said...

It's so lovely to walk around and see it.

Liz Hinds said...

Could well be. It didn't say.

Liz Hinds said...

It is, AC.

Liz Hinds said...

Art for everyone.

Liz Hinds said...

Around every corner.